Garter



Patented Mar, 2@, lgztlo 1 entree WILLARD NQEEH WINNETT, OF TQROIQ'TU,UN'ELAREQ, CANADA, ASSEG'NOR T THE CUERIE MANUFACTURING GGMPANY LIMITED,6F 'EQRO'NTO, ONTARIO,

application med. hatchet it, tee-1. Serial No. 226,758.

This invention relates to improvements in garters, and the objects ofthe invention are to prevent slipping of the webbing of the garter withrespect to the stocking or the leg of the wearer. Y

In the manufacture of garters, particularly mens garters, it has beenthe practice tomake such garters of elastic webbing and in someinstances to provide on the inner surface of the webbing anti-frictionmaterial such as rubber. Difiiculties are encountered, however, inapplyingsuch material to the webbing and maintaining it in place, and 1tis also a source of some discomfort. The present invention overcomesthese difliculties by forming the webbing of which the. garter is to bemade withpreferably a pluralit of longitudinally extending spaced ru berstrands, as hereinafter set forth and de; scribed more fully in theaccompanying specification and drawing. p

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

lln thedrawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garter embodying the invention. v

Figure 2 is a plan view of a portion of the Webbing from which thegarter is formed,

Figure 3 is a section on the line, 3-8, Fig;

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a garter of any convenient formor shape, the construction of which in general, apart from the Webbing,does not form part of the present' invention. it includes a band toencircle the leg of the wearer, and an attaching device 11 by which thegarter is attached to the hose which it is designed to support. lnaccordance with the present invention the webbing i0 is of elastitmaterial comprising interwoven cotton, linen or silk thread and; i

above construction and many apparently 'tained in the accompanyingspecification and rubber threads secured t orrice,

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elastic thread. As shown in Figure 3, it will be seen that the outerthreads 12 of the webbing, which may be of cotton, silk or linen,surround the usual inner elastic threads 13, and therefore cover themand prevent contact between the same and the surface to which the garteris applied In addition to these rubber threads, however, I provide onthe webbing spaced longitudinal strands orthreads 14 of bare rubberconnected to the main-portion of the band by threads 15 which extendthrough the same and through the webbing at intervals. In the embodimentillustrated, two parallel bands 14 are provided at each side of thewebbing.

It will be found that in a garter of the kind described, the strands ofbarerubber will enable a firm and yet comfortable grip to be maintainedwithout likelihood of misplacement.

As many changes could be made in the widely difi'erent embodiments of myinvention, within the scope of the claim, constructedwithout departingfrom the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercondrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense, a

hat I claim as my invention is: In a garter, a flexible Webbingcomprising inelastic threads and rubber threads, interwoven therewithand covered by said. inelastic thr ds, and a plura v of bare rubberabout J garter flllOl'QX" reof, said bare "arter by auxileatending h thebare ruhand through the ebbing,

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